Business news from Ukraine

JANITORS, NURSES, PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS, SALES ASSISTANTS, DOCTORS, TEACHERS, PHARMACISTS MOST IN DEMAND IN KYIV

Janitors, nurses, plumbers, electricians, sales assistants, doctors, teachers and pharmacists are most in demand among employers in Kyiv, the Kyiv City Employment Center reports.
“Since the beginning of 2022, some 23,500 people have applied to the Kyiv City Employment Center for services. As of June 2, 14,400 unemployed are registered with the capital’s employment service (last year there were 16,200 on this date),” the information department of the Kyiv City Employment Center said in a statement.
It is noted that with the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the labor market of Kyiv has undergone changes, in particular, a significant number of employees of enterprises and organizations of the city were evacuated to the western regions of Ukraine and abroad or were mobilized into units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense, and many other residents moved to the capital, mainly from eastern regions.
So, as of June 2, there were 1,500 vacancies in the base of the capital’s employment service, and in general since the beginning of the year there were 15,400.
“Today, the most in demand among employers in Kyiv are janitors, nurses, plumbers, electricians for the repair and maintenance of electrical equipment, sales consultants, doctors, teachers, pharmacists,” the report says.
It is noted that the most paid vacancies are the professions of computer software engineer (UAH 110,000), computer software development specialist (UAH 110,000), software engineer (UAH 55,000), paramedic (UAH 32,000), head manager of the division (UAH 29,000), head of the financial department (UAH 23,000) and quality control manager (UAH 23,000).

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U.S. TO FULLY RESUME WORK OF EMBASSY IN KYIV

The U.S. will fully resume the work of its embassy in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said.
“We will fully resume the work of the U.S. Embassy and fully resume the work of its staff,” Brink said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

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UKRZALIZNYTSIA PASSENGERS CAN NOW SEND THEIR CARS FROM KYIV TO UZHGOROD AND BACK BY TRAIN

Passengers of Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) can now send their cars from Kyiv to Uzhgorod and back by train No. 29/30 Kyiv – Uzhgorod, UZ reports in its Telegram channel.
It is noted that the cost of transportation is about UAH 1.4 thousand per ton of weight. You can arrange transportation of a car at the box office of the stations.
In addition, it is reported that car carriers are already running on the routes Kyiv – Lvov – Kyiv, Dnepr – Lvov – Dnepr, Kharkiv – Lvov – Kharkiv and Lvov – Odessa – Lviv.
According to the company, UZ has already transported 1,863 vehicles by car carriers during the war.

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MAYOR OF CAPITAL KLITSCHKO: KYIV WILL ALLOCATE ABOUT 18 MILLION EUROS FOR RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY SHELLING

Kyiv is allocating funds and is starting to reconstruct and overhaul residential buildings and premises of the social infrastructure of the capital, damaged by the shelling of Russian barbarians. This was announced by the mayor of the capital Vitali Klitschko in the Telegram channel on Monday.
“The capital allocates about UAH 600 million from the budget. The government promised to provide another UAH 200 million. We very much count on it. After all, almost 390 buildings need to be restored in the capital. Of these, more than 220 are residential buildings. Others are social infrastructure facilities (medical institutions, kindergartens, schools, social security institutions, administrative buildings),” Klitschko wrote.

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NEW US AMBASSADOR BRIDGET BRINK ARRIVES IN KYIV

The new US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink arrived in Kyiv on May 29, according to a message on the website of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

“Ambassador Brink was appointed by President Biden as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on April 25, 2022, confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2022, and arrived in Kyiv on May 29, 2022,” Brink’s biography on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine reads.

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NEW US AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE RECEIVED UKRAINIAN VISA AND WILL NOW BE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT EMBASSY IN KYIV

New US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has received a Ukrainian visa. Now she will be able to arrive at the embassy in Kyiv, said Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova.
“It is a great pleasure to issue a visa and meet with a colleague – the new US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brinks. Ukraine has always had the best leaders of the American diplomatic mission, who were not only highly professional diplomats, but also wonderful people and examples of public service. And this time, I did not exception!” Markarova wrote on Facebook on Saturday, noting that she “expects active joint work at a defining time in our struggle for independence and democracy!”

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